Volume 1 Frontier Storm Chapter 66 Case Closure and Aftermath
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the people of Guangling County celebrated the annual Shangyuan Festival, Hu Sui, the general soldier of Datong, who had been here for more than ten days, finally led his troops to leave.
This time, he has to inspect many border towns and cities around him, and he has been in Guangling for too long. However, the time spent here was also very rewarding, not only did he know the depth of the ills in the army, but he also got such a sharp weapon that could affect the future battle situation, and he left with satisfaction.
The manufacturing process of this airship is not complicated, and there is no need for any drawings, and the craftsman who has seen it can master its construction in a short period of time. Therefore, the airship made by Lu Jin's command was left in the local military camp, and those craftsmen who participated in the manufacture were transferred to the side by General Hu Bing, which was naturally a good opportunity for them.
When General Hu left the city, he was not only a general in the army, but also a young official - Lu Jin, the county commander. This is obviously his reward for Lu County's order, because logically speaking, the little county order is not qualified to appear here, and with this exceptional move, Lu Zhen is bound to have some fame in the army. In this way, the newly promoted general naturally did not dare to be disrespectful to him anymore.
Lu Zhen also knew this, so before Hu Sui got on the horse and left, he bent down very respectfully: "I wish the chief soldier a smooth journey!" ”
Hu Sui glanced at the young man deeply and smiled: "Lu Jin, this official can see that you are by no means an idle person, I am waiting to see how much you can achieve in the future!" So saying, he drew his horse and galloped away.
Quietly watched them disappear on the long official road, and when he turned around again, the smile on Lu Jin's face had disappeared, and a faint killing aura followed. It's time to settle the old accounts!
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Why did Lu Jin take a great risk and go straight to the barracks to deal with Xiao Mo? Just because he knew very well how much of a threat Xiao Mo had to him, if he was not careful, he would die without a place to be buried, just like the previous Lu County Order.
And that's why Xiao Mo will do all this, just because the people of the Zheng family are obstructing it! Lu Zhen didn't forget this for a moment.
Before, because of Xiao Commander always protecting them, Lu Zhen didn't dare to do anything to the Zheng family even if he took Zheng Fu. But they were good, not only did they not want to be grateful for the return, but they also tried in vain to contact Xiao Mo to continue to calculate themselves. For such an enemy, Lu Zhen will never let go.
Now that Xiao Mo is dead, and the Zheng family's last backer in Guangling has fallen, he has nothing to scruple about.
On the 16th day of the first lunar month, when the county government resumed its normal work, several lists appeared at the gate of the county government and at the main roads and city gates, and the scribes of the county government continued to read and explain the contents of the list.
To put it bluntly, the people in the county who have suffered from the Zheng family can go to the county government to complain, and the county magistrate will accept them one by one and give everyone justice.
The trees are scattered, and the people are cool. As soon as Zheng Fu was thrown into prison, his original subordinates already had other thoughts. Now that even the backers are dead, they have no worries. In order to show their loyalty to Lu Xianling, who had regained power, these people were surprisingly active in dealing with the Zheng family.
And under their vigorous publicity, the people in the county who had suffered from the Zheng family came to the door one after another, and for a while, the county yamen was really lively for several days.
It is also the Zheng family who has done bad things in the local area, and when the true intentions of the county lord were confirmed, all the cases were reported to Lu Jin's desk - the cases of seizing people's land and property, robbing people's wives and daughters, and even beating people's lives for a little profit piled up little by little, and soon there were dozens of copies. At this time, it is no exaggeration to describe the Zheng family's sins in the local area.
Among them, there are certainly the evil deeds done by Zheng Fu and his domestic slaves, as well as the sins committed by his father Zheng Hai and others. The people have endured it for too long, and once they get the opportunity, they will naturally not let go of any enemy.
Looking at all this in front of him, Lu Zhen was also angry. Without too much hesitation, with a wave of his hand, he ordered someone to take the Zheng family directly, and all the people listed above who did evil were brought into the county government for interrogation.
Zheng Hai, the old lady of the Zheng family, didn't expect the retribution to come so violently, and wanted to delay a few words, so he was locked by several messengers who rushed to front of him with iron chains, and pulled the retired county government back through the streets and alleys like a dog.
As for the others, they were beaten with big sticks and rushed to the county office, but those who dared to resist were beaten with a slash. For a while, the Zheng family cried and screamed all day long, so it was not miserable.
You must know that these servants were just dogs who were casually called and drunk by the Zheng family's subordinates, but now they are more ferocious than anyone else, and even two house slaves were beaten to death by them by the gate because of their disrespectful words and wanting to resist.
is the so-called county magistrate who broke the family, and the mansion Yin who destroyed the door, this is really true.
In such a situation, Zheng Hai finally knew that he was completely finished. So when Lu Zhen tried this series of cases in the lobby again, the old man, who knew the methods of the county government, took all the charges very simply.
In a few days, the case of the Zheng family was quickly concluded, Zheng Hai, several of his sons and nephews, and some of the evil slaves in charge were all convicted and put into prison. But as long as the imperial court does not issue an edict of amnesty to the world, these people, including Zheng Fu, who has been in prison for many days, will not be able to escape the result of being beheaded in the autumn.
Although the Zheng family should also have some backers on the side of Datong Mansion, in the face of so much conclusive evidence, their backers would definitely not dare to risk putting themselves into it to excuse them.
Sure enough, a few days later, the government sent a reply, agreeing to Lu Jin's judgment and ordering all the Zheng family's property to be confiscated. This official family, which had been entrenched in Guangling County for decades, completely collapsed, and all the family property and fields naturally went into the county government treasury.
At the same time, Lu Zhen also led people to copy Xiao Mo's house in the county seat. This general has really amassed a lot of wealth, and he is even richer than the Zheng family, which has accumulated for decades, with tens of thousands of taels of silver, not to mention the fields and other things.
The two copied down, and the county government not only received unanimous praise from the people, but also had a large amount of substantial income. Not only did the already stretched treasury quickly fill up, but even the people in the yamen also benefited a lot from it.
In this regard, Lu Zhen naturally turned a blind eye, he knew very well that he could not support those officials and servants by relying only on the little money stipulated by the county government, so he should not be able to see some small actions against them. And he himself has also gained a lot of benefits from these two raids, plus the three hundred taels of silver he got from Xiao Mo before, and now his net worth has reached eight hundred taels of silver.
Eight hundred taels of silver may not be anything if it is placed in a few decades, but now, it is a lot of money, especially in a remote place like Guangling, which is a lot of money for both the people and the officials.
And in addition to these visible benefits, Lu Zhen also reaped two invisible benefits -
First, the county government was already in awe of him and bowed their heads to him. A county magistrate who can uproot the family of an old official who has been operating in the county government for many years, not only has he not been punished, but has gained a lot of it, is naturally worthy of their heartfelt respect.
Even the second officials like Hou County Cheng and Shen Zhushu, when they saw Lu Jin, a young county commander, they were also respectful, and they didn't dare to slack off in the slightest. They don't even dare to raise any identity doubts, it's better for this kind of thing to be rotten in their stomachs, otherwise it will only bring ruin to themselves and their families.
The second is the gratitude and respect of the people in the county to Lu Jin. A good county order that can be the master of the people and not protected by officials and officials, Lord Qingtian, is naturally an existence that will be worshiped by the people. In fact, the requirements of the people of Daming for officials are really low, as long as he does not exploit himself and can be fair, it is enough to make them grateful to Dade.
Although the Lu County Order, which has overfulfilled the task, has not yet shown its ability to govern the locality, it has won the support of all the people.
This New Year, the people of Guangling County are immersed in jubilation, they are all looking forward to the beautiful life in front of them, and feel that under the wise leadership of the county magistrate, everyone will be able to live a happy life.
No one would have imagined that at this time, a conspiracy was already brewing ahead......
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He Wukui sat there with his eyebrows lowered and coughed softly.
Because the smell of the fish in this tent is too strong, and he has perennial wheezing, he seems very uncomfortable. But even so, he endured it because he had come to beg someone.
It's a pity that he said so much before, and the tall Mongolian man in front of him was still unmoved, and he didn't even stop eating the piece of mutton.
"Patriarch Yutai, now that the Zheng family and we have killed the chief adult, the business relationship between your ministry and Daming will be completely broken, don't you really want to do something?" After He Wukui endured it for a while, he finally spoke again.
After stuffing the last piece of meat into his mouth and chewing and swallowing it, Yutai slapped his hand and said expressionlessly: "Do you want me to send troops to attack Guangling County for the sake of our entire tribe, or just to take revenge?" ”
Illuminated by his wolf-like fierce gaze, He Wukui's heart suddenly sank. But he still forced himself to say: "These two are actually figured out, I am not only for our general, but also for your tribe." ”
"Really? But the siege of the city is to kill people. Yutai said coldly: "As for trading, there is always another way to do it." ”
"You don't know the means of the new county order called Lu Jin, he will never let people do business with you in secret again."
"Really?" A strange look flashed in Yutai's eyes: "But the price is still too great." ”
"You can rest assured that I have a solution. In short, many people in the dead army are unwilling, and I will have someone help you open the gate of Guangling City at that time. ”
As soon as He Wukui said this, Yutai's heart moved, and his eyes burst with light, as if he was moved.
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